Michael Caine Is Harry Brown

Advantages: Gritty British thriller
Disadvantages: A bit full on at the end

...If you followed the career path of Michael Caine you might well wonder what happened, from being crowned the King of Cool in movies such as Get Carter, Alfie, and The Italian Job; Caine almost dropped out of the popular movie genre. During the 80?s and 90?s with the odd exception (Educating Rita, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, The forth Protocol) his movies were generally bottom end stuff, most of his output in this time is available on super low budget DVD. For Caine however age made him turn a corner, and as the star tentatively spoke about a cameo in popular soap Eastenders, his movie career took of in ways he possibly never realised. With two Batman movies, Children Of Men, and the highly acclaimed Is Anybody There? Behind him Caine now returns in his intriguing movie yet, Harry Brown. Harry Brown follows a history of popular vigilante...

sghawken 03.11.2009 · Read review
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The stainless Steel Rat - Still Not Rusty.

Advantages: Fast Paced read.
Disadvantages: None.

...The Stainless Steel Rat joins the Circus. Author - Harry Harrison. The Hero or Anti Hero of the series of stainless steel rat books is Jim DiGriz. He was born or rather created in 1961 and has appeared on book shelves ever since. The richest man in the galaxy, Imperitrix Von Kaiser Czarski, Hires Jim and his wife Angelina to investigate and if possible to catch the criminals behind several bank robberies. Jim, his wife and their son, James, find a common link to each robbery in that every time a bank has been robbed a Circus has been very near by. Jim hires a retired magician, 'The Great Grissini' to teach him some tricks and then joins the circus pretending to be a magician! As is the ilk with the 'rat' stories, there then follows some odd, fast paced and improbable adventures where Jim faces death, is conned, double...

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The Red And The Black - Jerry Harrison

Advantages: the funky pop of Talking Heads combined with some killer tunes
Disadvantages: why isn't this album better known?

...If you love mid period Talking Heads then you'll love this 1981 solo album from Heads keyboard player Jerry Harrison. Keeping the multilayered polyrhythms of Remain In Light and adding an outright funky sheen Jerry created the best Talking Heads album that the band never made. Assisted by keyboard wizard Bernie Worrell, guitarist Adrian Belew and singer Nona Hendryx (all of whom had graced the expanded touring line up of the Heads during 1980) Jerry's style of music is pure funky pop. The album was originally going to be broadly instrumental with Hendryx and Dolette Macdonald adding wordless singing. But Jerry was persuaded by the others that he could sing so the tunes became songs. Jerry's lyrics are curious, often offering gentle advice about life the universe and everything in oddly simplistic verses. But the tunes are mighty...

adams66 16.09.2008 · Read review
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There is a Rat in the Galaxy

Advantages: A funny story
Disadvantages: old by todays standards

...and readjusted. Some do not show up until adulthood, they may get away with petty crime for a week or two, but surely they get caught. This accounts for 99% of all crime. Just as there were more rats in old buildings, in new structures of concrete and steel there have to be fewer smarter rats. The Stainless Steel Rats. They exist outside the rules of the society through a conscious decision to ignore the rules or die of boredom. The character of Jim and those who he encounters are well established. The society is an understandable one, No great efforts are made to overwhelm the reader with descriptions of super cities or vast panoramic landscapes or starscapes. Whilst this is about crime it is not the dark and drab, neon lit background of Blade Runner. Harry Harrison has not gone into any details of his cities or their society. This is not...

Coloneljohn 28.01.2005 · Read review
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Harry

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...If you stop and think for a moment why so many people want to review this DVD, the answer becomes apparent very quickly! It is for no reason simpler than the fact that it is a phenomenal movie, a legend of its time! JK Rowling first wrote the harry potter book, the philosophers stone, many years before it was turned into a film. But it was such a huge success that eventually one did come about in 2001. The Harry Potter craze hit the nation, but what was it about? Harry Potter was a young boy who thought he had a normal life living with his aunt and uncle and cousin, who taught him horridly. Though one day on his birthday a large giant-like man stormed in and took him away. This was no monster though - he was called Hagrid and he was off to take Harry to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry! If this film, we see harry...

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harry potter

Advantages: great film
Disadvantages: n/a

...I am a huge Harry Potter I watched the first film and from there I liked it so much I read the books. As much as I love the film I think you miss out on so much if you do not read the books as there is so much more detail in them that I think the film is lacking. J K Rowling is a great author and deserves all the glowing reports that she gets she has really captures this well. Harry Potter and the Prisoner is the adaptation of the third book Harry Potter. Harry Potter played by Daniel Radcliffe Hermione Granger played by Emma Watson Ron Weasley played by Rupert Grint Professor Snape played by Alan Rickman Professor McGonagall played by Dame Maggie Smith Hagrid played by Robbie Coltrane Sirius Black played by Gary Oldman It stars the actors from the preceding films in the series, except for the role of Albus Dumbledore...

jo_field26 17.11.2008 · Read review
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harry potter

Advantages: great
Disadvantages: na

...Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone, this is the first installment of the Harry Potter films of the great series by J K Rowling, I had watched this film and then decided to read the book, I then read the rest of the books before the films and I cannot believe the bits that are missed out there is so much more description in the books than the films. But I do realize that the film would last a long time if they put all the details I, but as a film it was great, if you are not comparing it to the book. Harry Potter is played by Daniel Radcliffe a boy who lives with his aunt, uncle and cousin as his parents died when he was young and they have brought him up every since. A mysterious letter arrives one evening, delivered by a friendly giant Hagrid played by Robbie Coltrane. This letter is inviting Harry to join Hogwarts School...

jo_field26 23.11.2008 · Read review
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Harry the potter...

Advantages: great fun for kids-special affects-script and cast
Disadvantages: nothing

...Harry potter thinks he is just an average 11 year old boy celebrating his 11th birthday, but all changes when a giant man named Hagrid and tells harry important stuff about him, he is a wizard. His life gets more intense as he travels to Hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry to learn how to be a wizard. He meets his new found best friends named Ron weasley, a character who is not very brave and Hermione the intellectual friend, but all is not what it seems at Hogwarts as someone is planning to steal the precious Philosophers stone. Along the way you will experience much magic and wizardry. Back around 2002, there were mainly 2 memorable movies like lord of the rings and harry potter harry, but lord of the rings is a timeless classic and will never be forgotten. Harry potter was a good movie but for entirely different reasons...

mehmoou101 06.10.2008 · Read review
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Sorry Harry

Advantages: Fantastic sets, and some amazing special effects. Adheres broadly to the storyline of the book
Disadvantages: Chunks of the story are missed out or details changed for no reason. Child actors are generally very poor!

...This week, I finally made my long-awaited trip to the cinema to watch Harry Potter and the Philosopher?s Stone. Anyone who has read my ops on the Harry Potter books will know that I am a huge fan of the stories, so I was very excited at the prospect of going to see the film. I was disappointed. In comparison to the books, the film was a complete let down. I suppose I shouldn?t have been too optimistic, as I can?t recall ever having been bowled over by a film adaptation of a book which I have read and enjoyed, but knowing that J. K. Rowling, the author of the Harry Potter books, had been fully involved throughout the making of the film, I still had high hopes for this adaptation. For anyone who has been living on the moon for the past few months, I will briefly explain the story, although the main part of this opinion will...

Pumpkin 29.11.2001 · Read review
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Harry Demented

Advantages: A great film that the kids will love
Disadvantages: Missed out some fairly important scenes

...Sirius Black, the infamous murderer and loyal supporter of ?you know who? has escaped from the wizard prison Azkaban, with the sole purpose of destroying Harry Potter. Its finally arrived, with as much anticipation and excitement as the coming of Book 5, Harry Potter has been launched at the cinemas amidst rave reviews, but what?s it really like???? If anybody hasn?t heard of Harry Potter, the boy wizard fighting against the all powerful Lord Voldemort yet, where have you been for the last 5 years? So for that reason I am going to assume that you all know what has happened before, so we open in the Summer Holidays prior to Harry?s third year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. The plot line of this film is the best yet and is centred around Sirius Black, but with Dementors, the guards of Azkaban, guarding...

MHam 02.06.2004 (03.06.2004) · Read review
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